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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022

PALM BEACH COUNTY MAN WINS TOP PRIZE
PLAYING THE $2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD GAME
~ Trip to Discount Food Stop Leaves Man ?Awe? struck by $2 Million-Dollar Good Luck!~

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Richard Awe, 34, of Boca Raton, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Hechose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.00.

Awe purchased his winning ticket from Discount Food Stop, located at 10801 Northeast 13 Avenue in Miami. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 game, $2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD, launched in May and features eight top prizes of $2 million and 20 second-tier prizes of $100,000! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-3.12.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $41 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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